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HSE National Breastfeeding Week 1st – 7th October 2014

National Breastfeeding Week 2014 Events

National Breastfeeding week runs from 1st-7th October Events are Family Friendly & expectant families welcome too. Please come along...

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Galway

Event – Breastfeeding Challenge.
Where – Oranmore Community Centre, Oranmore, Co. Galway.
When – Sat 4th Oct 10am-12pm (Latch on at 11am)
Contact -  Claire.kelly20@gmail.com, erin@starvingartistink.comwww.friendsofbreastfeeding.ie

Event – Breastfeeding Challenge.
Where – Knocknacarra Community Rooms, Galway.
When – Sat 4th Oct 10am-12pm (Latch on at 11am)
Contact -  www.friendsofbreastfeeding.ie

Event – Coffee morning
Where – TBC – ring Tara
When – Thurs 2nd Oct 10.30am
Contact -  Tara 086 2328229 Cuidiu Galway

Event – Reunion with breastfeeding mothers & maternity hospital staff.
Where – Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.
When – Wed 1st Oct
Organised by  -  Portiuncula Hospital

View full Press Release here

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Models of Maternity Care - Video conference 28th April 2014

Professor Declan Devane, NUIG and UHG will deliver a lecture via video conference on "Models of Maternity Care: Evidence and Next Steps" Monday 28th April

'Critical shortage' of midwives in Irish hospitals - INMO

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said there is a critical shortage of midwives in Ireland's maternity services.

Announcing the results of a staffing survey, the INMO said not one of the 19 maternity hospitals or units has the internationally recommended midwife-to-birth ratio.

It said the national average midwife to birth in Ireland is 1:38. The internationally recommended ratio is 1:29.5.

According to the INMO, the maternity unit in Portlaoise is the poorest staffed unit with a ratio of one midwife to 55 births.

The organisation is calling for better staffing levels and the lifting of the moratorium on recruitment.

It said that would allow for better care through safe practice for mothers and babies.

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New guidelines on at-risk babies in the womb

Doctors are to be issued with new guidelines today to help prevent serious risks to babies experiencing slow growth in the womb.

It follows Irish research at seven hospitals on 1,100 babies experiencing growth restriction in the womb.

Distinguishing between small but normal babies and small at-risk babies in the womb has been a major problem in maternity care.

Standard practice has been to consider babies at the bottom of 10% by weight at highest risk.

But the Irish team found that the highest risk is for babies in the bottom 3% by weight, who have an abnormal reading on a particular ultrasound.

A consultant obstetrician has said new guidelines are a hugely efficient development for Irish obstetrics.

Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Professor Fergal Malone, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Rotunda, and Chair of Perinatal Ireland, said the research would also change the practice of obstetrics internationally.

Prof Malone said the research, which redefines what a small baby is in the womb, would allow for focus on where the limited resources in obstetric ultrasounds should be placed.

He said the new practice would be much more efficient and would allow for reassurance for patients having what he described as a "normally small baby".

Prof Malone said Ireland was punching above its weight with this research.

The new guidelines are being issued today to obstetricians, trainees and midwives.

Doctors say they will also be useful to women and their partners.

The research was conducted by Perinatal Ireland, a multi-centre all-Ireland consortium and the initiative was coordinated by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

It was funded by the Health Research Board.

View press release on RTE/Health here